by Mike Baxter | Jun 6, 2019 | Strategy
Based on our University Strategy 2020 research report, our guest post on the HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) blog concludes that there are three drivers poised to impact future university strategy development: Strategy and strategic thinking will become much...
by Mike Baxter | Apr 15, 2019 | Strategy
Goal Atlas announces the publication of its new report “University Strategy 2020: Analysis and benchmarking of the strategies of UK Universities”. What is a university strategy? What does it contain? How should it be developed? How should it drive change?...
by Mike Baxter | Oct 17, 2017 | Agility
In this blog post we describe a framework for connecting agility to profitability in four steps: Profit comes from high performance; High performance can only come from being focused; Being focused can only happen if everyone is aligned behind a common purpose; High...
by Mike Baxter | Jul 6, 2017 | Alignment
It is well established, in research studies over many years, that well-aligned organisations perform better than poorly aligned ones. One of the pioneering studies, published in the Strategic Management Journal in 1992 (1), discovered that 30% of the variation in...
by Mike Baxter | Jul 6, 2017 | Alignment
Definition: Organisational alignment is the extent to which people, processes and technology are coordinated, focused and effectively pursuing the strategic objectives of the organisation. Goal Atlas 2017 Three key elements of organisational alignment are encompassed...
